Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Death of Imam W.D MuhammadI am saddened to have heard of the death of Imam Muhammad. There are many things that I differ with him, but I feel that such a time is not appropiate for such a discussion. I think that the greatest achievement he did was to turn an organization that was outside the fold of Islam and make it a Muslim organization. Some of those that were in the movement came closer to the sunnah, like Dawud Adib and other, whereas some reverted back to the kufr (disbelief) ideas of Elijah Muhammad (like Farrakhan). I think for the most part a majority of the followers stayed within the fold of Islam and they range on there understanding of the din (religion). I give condolences to Imam Muhammad's family. Inna lillah wa inna ilaihi rajiun - To Allah we come and to Allah we return

2 comments:

Salamalaykum Warahmutallhi Wabarakatu, I keep hearing about W.D. Muhammad all over peoples blogs, and how everybody is saying make dua for him... I am not sure who he is but if he was a good person he will get his reward, enough if he had an atoms weight of good he shall see it, but Allah is the best judge... I like how you added "Inna lillah wa inna ilaihi rajiun" it brings me to the topic of death, If you really think about it, noone ever really dies, because in Surat Al Mulk Allah says i created Death and Life, and the reason why He mentions death before life is because, before Adam (Alayhi Salam) was created, we didnt exist, like dead, and then he gave us life and places the soul into adam, and after we dont truly "die", we just are in a state of Barzakh till judgement day, in our graves waiting... and if we were good we have our graves a place of comfort, but if we were bad, then the punishment of the grave is ever severe... and once judgement day occurs, we ether are in heaven eternally, or hell eternally (kafirs only)... Well thats enough of my rambling on..lol.. you should get a wordpress blog... i only stumbled on your blog from someone on wordpress... Salams

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I am 35 years old, and I adhere to the Salafi methodology/way. I was born in the Bronx to New York Puerto Rican (Catholic) parents. During my teenage years, I starting to learn about my history since of course they don't teach us that in school. As a teenager, I had a lot of interaction with "Latino" and African-American Muslims. That lead to me taking my shahadah during my first semester of college. I eventually earned a bachelor's of art with a double major in Arabic and political science at the State University of New York at Binghamton. My concentration was in the Middle East and North Africa Studies. In 2000, I was offered a scholarship to study at Umm Al-Qura University. I studied there from 2000 to 2005. May Allah reward King Fahd (rahimahullah) for giving me a scholarship to teach in Saudi, Amin. Alhamdulillah, I have been fortunate to have sat with several scholars in Saudi Arabia. I currently live in Saudi Arabia with my wife and two children. I also hold a master's in TESOL.